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;alskdjf is a term that is typed into a search engine out of boredom. If you got here out of boredom leave a comment below!

It consists of letters on the keyboard which would be struck if a users hands were properly on the home row and choose to strike keys with their
right pinky (;)
left pinky (a)
right ring finger (l)
left ring finger (s)
right middle finger (k)
left middle finger (d)
right index finger (j)
left index finger (f)

It is basically a rhythmic right, left sequence starting with the outer fingers moving to the inner fingers until ;alskdjf is what ends up in the search box.

I’m bored, so I wrote this post about ;alskdjf. Funny how that works, huh?

18. Boston Market: Join the VIP Club, and get a special birthday surprise.

19. Buca di Beppo: You’ll receive a free pasta on your next visit as well as a $20 birthday gift for joining the Eclub.

20. Buffalo Wild Wings: Get a free birthday dessert when you join the Buffalo Circle.

21. Captain D’s: Get a special offer on your birthday when you join D’s Club.

22. Carrabba’s Italian Grill: Join Carrabba’s Amici Club, and get a free appetizer as well as a coupon for a BOGO free entree.

23. Chick-fil-A: Become an Email Insider, and get a special birthday offer. Chick-fil-A did inform us that the freebies are at the discretion of the franchise owner, so check with your local store for details.

25. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Join the The Chuck E-Club, and get free tokens to help celebrate your child’s birthday.

26. Cinnabon: Subscribe to Club Cinnabon, and get a special gift on your birthday.

27. Cold Stone Creamery: Get a BOGO coupon for your birthday by signing up for the My Cold Stone Club.

28. Country Buffet: Sign up for the Crave Connection, and receive free meals on your big day. Note: This restaurant is closed, but you can get deals for Ryan’s, Hometown Buffet and Country Buffet — all in the same franchise.

29. Cracker Barrel: Go to Cracker Barrel on your birthday, and get a free dessert.

30. Culver’s: Enjoy a free birthday treat when you sign up for the Culver’s eClub.

84. Steak ‘n Shake: Join the eClub to get a free menu item on your birthday.

85. Subway: Sign up for the Subway Rewards Program and the sandwich-making company will add 20 points to your account on your birthday. FYI, 20 points will get you a free 21-ounce fountain drink (20 points), a free bag of chips (15 points) or two free cookies (10 points each).

Do you want to become a Data Analyst?

Popular sites to research jobs that make people happiest that also pay well.

?Link to ebooks that have commissions. Free ebooks.

STEP 2 MAKING SURE YOU’RE QUALIFIED

Education – links for educational resources to get said job.

What are online courses?

?Affiliate education signups?

STEP 3 YOUR RESUME

Different methods for resumes.

Many different version of your resume. Targeted toward a job description.

Put yourself in the shoes of the hirer, what do you want to see? Certifications? Qualifications, experience. If you’re resume is over a page, don’t put things on there that aren’t directly relatable to the job.

?Services that will review your resume. Fiverr have an affiliate program? ODesk?

Your online presence

Google yourself, use public view (not personalized)

Log out of all your social accounts, browse in private mode to see what the public can see.

?Affiliate SERVICES OUT THERE TO MONITOR YOUR ONLINE presence?

Step 4 APPLY

Your network. Tell all your friends. Hiding what you are doing from your boss? Tell only close friends

LinkedIn.

Find your dream company – find people that work there and contact them for advice and/or reference.

?Affiliate – LinkedIn PRO subscription? Benefits?

Where to look

Cover Letter

For certain roles: consider using a recruiter.

Pros: find jobs that aren’t listed

Doesn’t cost anything (finder’s fee charged to hiring company).

They ask the hard questions for you

They keep pushing, moving things along

They negotiate for you, they get paid more the more you get paid, to its also in their best interest to get you the highest paying job.

Cons: Not all companies with job postings will work with recruiters. Your dream company may not talk to any recruiters because they don’t want to pay the headhunter fee.

They’re annoying, they call and call and call. Some, good recruiting firms are smart and get it, but others push jobs on you you’ don’t want. Stick to your guns. Don’t

?Recruiter agencies with Affiliate links. Robert Half.

Where do I look??

Depends on the industry. IT – Dice.com. High paying, Ladders.com (affiliate?)

CareerBuilder, Monster, Indeed, Craigslist

Applying. Keeping track of everything.

Cover letters. What to have in cover letter that is not in the resume. Custom cover letters.

Step 5: Interviews:

Types of interviews and their purpose.

1st interview on phone – HR. HR is likely screening to make sure you’re a good culture fit and there aren’t any immediate disqualifiers such as difference in pay expectations, misfit

How to bring your portfolio. Bring a laptop? What do I bring?
What do I wear?

Get their contact info.

Follow Up:
Thank you card

Handwritten email card Tip, have card ready to write on in the car after the interview. Pre stamped. Drop in mailbox near where you interviewed.

Phone interview, email follow up.

In person interview with important people, hand written follow up to everyone.

Call follow up (Don’t recommend). Hiring person is very busy. Can’t keep everyone straight, definitely won’t remember you via voice on the phone. Puts them in an awkward position on the phone, could actually turn them off. I actually had this happen with one candidate I was on the fence with. He emailed me several times and left me phone messages. I eventually asked the receptionist to send his calls to voicemail while the hiring process was still going.

Free Tools and Resources for Data Analysts

3d Clipboard

Saves your past clipboard copies. This makes it easy to find and store text and images you will need to reference and paste later. Also allows for keyboard shortcut triggered pastes like email addresses you often have to type, formulas, datasets, header columns, etc.

AutoHotkey

Macros for all of windows. Allows you to build keyboard shortcuts to do any command. Commands can also be triggered by other things like time, opening a file, mouse clicks, or typing a series of keys. Fairly easy programming language to learn. Extremely flexible and powerful tool.

Whisk together the dry ingredients. Grate the butter into the dry ingredients and incorporate it with a spatula or whisk. Mix the beaten egg, vinegar, and 2 Tbsp ice water together in a bowl or mug. Mix these wet ingredients into the flour-butter mixture little by little–a third at a time or so. If the pastry is not yet holding together as a dough, add more ice water incrementally (I think I ended up using about 3-1/2 Tbsp total).

Form the dough into two balls and place in a bowl, covered, in the fridge. Let the dough cool for about 30 minutes (15 min in my case, because I can’t follow the rules). Roll the dough out between two pieces of parchment paper and use as indicated by your pie recipe of choice. You could also stick the dough disks in the fridge or freezer for later, but make sure to let them temper on the counter for a while (30 min if coming out of the fridge, longer if coming out of the freezer) before handling them as they will be a bit fragile when cold. You should get 2 9″ crusts. Note that they won’t brown the same way that our old wheat crusts would.

*Note: Put sticks of butter in the freezer. Many recipes tell you to “cut in the shortening,” asking you to use a ridiculous pastry cutter or fork and knife to chunk up the butter into pea-sized bits, a task that has made many a 50’s housewife turn to amphetamines. Well, since you’re really smart, all you have to do is take the butter out of the freezer and grate it on the biggest holes of a box grater. And cry tears of sweet sweet joy.